At about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, a Beaufort County Sheriff's deputy stopped 21-year-old Detron Jenkins as he pedaled down Trask Parkway on a bike with no lights or reflectors, clad in all-black clothing.

Jenkins told the deputy he was riding to his mother's house in Shell Point about 8 miles away. The deputy reported having trouble seeing Jenkins and told him to stay out of the road before sending Jenkins on his way, according to a Sheriff's Office incident report.

About an hour and a half later, Jenkins was struck by a car and killed.

He was traveling northbound on Trask Parkway near the air station at about 1:15 a.m. when he was struck from behind by a 2001 Honda Accord driven by a 21-year-old Beaufort woman, said Cpl. Paul Brouthers, spokesman for the S.C. Highway Patrol.